Annals of Internal Medicine, tip sheet, November 18, 2003
...y for all health care. Support for national health insurance varied by specialty, location and practice setting.... Doctors were most likely to back national health insurance if they practiced in inner cities or in nonprivate settings and if at least 20 percent of their pati...More docs favor national health insurance, study reveals
...ysicians for governmental action to arrange health insurance financing," says Aaron E. Carroll, M.D., M.S., assistant professor of pediatrics, who along with Ronald T. Ackermann, M.D., M.P.H., assistant professor of medicine, were the study's investigators. "It also improves our understanding of how the level ...Nov/Dec 2003 Annals of Family Medicine tip sheet
... testing were driven by organized medicine and the insurance industry, a mistrust of clinicians, and vivid pers... testing were driven by organized medicine and the insurance industry, a mistrust of clinicians, and vivid personal experiences with cancer. Approximately 16,000...Heart disease risk in British men is overestimated
...may cause unnecessary anxiety, and may affect life insurance premiums....New study in Pediatrics shows nitric oxide therapy for newborns effective and cost saving
...ving ECMO are reimbursed by private and government insurance plans, experts say that reimbursement for inhaled nitric oxide traditionally has been inadequate. This is based in large part on the fact that it is a newer treatment than ECMO, and thus reimbursement policies have not "caught up" to the fact that th...New study in Pediatrics shows nitric oxide therapy for newborns effective and cost saving
...ving ECMO are reimbursed by private and government insurance plans, experts say that reimbursement for inhaled nitric oxide traditionally has been inadequate. This is based in large part on the fact that it is a newer treatment than ECMO, and thus reimbursement policies have not "caught up" to the fact that th...Many parents, teens unaware of an 'optional' but valuable vaccine
...ne and its potential benefits. He adds that health insurance companies should consider paying for such vaccines...t that health maintenance organizations and health insurance companies consider paying for these vaccinations when parents or patients request them. "The meningo...Joslin announces first international affiliate in Bahrain
...uals Economic costs of diabetes can include higher insurance rates, medication and monitoring costs, more frequ...es, lowered work productivity. In some countries, insurance does not pay for all costs associated with diabetes management and education. WHO estimates that a l...U-M study: Doctors more likely to prescribe pricey new blood pressure drugs
...t's bill at the drug store or ultimately drive up insurance costs. Doctors who recommended ACE inhibitors or calcium channel blockers were much more likely to provide patients with free drug samples provided by the pharmaceutical companies. They were also more likely to be in solo or private practice, rather ...Economic impact of back pain substantial
...white patients as well as patients who had medical insurance had higher per capita expenses suggests that there...e insurance, patients who had government-supported insurance had higher expenditures, especially in the areas of inpatient care, home health services and prescri...Malpractice reform must focus on reducing patient injury, not just limiting awards
...ce guidelines that reduced both patient deaths and insurance premiums dramatically, as one of many physician-le...ors could provide premium discounts on malpractice insurance based on physicians' performance--an up-front investment in quality improvement that would reap savi...Pediatricians and parents key to improving quality of children's health care
...iatricians have been forceful advocates for better insurance coverage for children, they've been less active in the policy debate over quality of care. Their voices need be stronger at both the state and national levels," said Dr. Simpson, a USF professor of pediatrics and chief of the Division of Child Healt...Risk of stillbirth on weekends
...eekend delivery in a country with universal health insurance was riskier on weekends. They found infants born during the weekend had "slightly but significantly elevated risks of stillbirth and neonatal death" (about 6% greater) than infants born on weekdays. The difference was reduced when the authors took in...Few disabled kids with psychosocial problems receive mental healthcare
...study found differences by age, race/ethnicity and insurance coverage that suggest inequalities nationwide in access to treatment, underidentification of need and substantial variability in the mental health treatment for children with disabilities. According to Whitney P. Witt, assistant professor of medicin...Diabetes patients skip medications to save money
...ve, a good plan may save Medicare and other health insurance companies in the long run by preventing serious he...her type of health insurance. People with private insurance were twice as likely to have cost-related adherence problems with their medication as people using V...Laws designed to prevent too-short hospital stays allow mothers more time, study shows
...ts. Those laws generally required that most health insurance plans pay for at least a 48-hour stay after vagina...t remaining in the hospital if they wanted to, and insurance companies had to pay for the extra time. On average, the longer stays boosted hospital charges by a...MCOs shortchange minority Medicaid patients
...m were minorities. Medicaid is government health insurance program that provides medical coverage to certain individuals and families with low income and resources. For their study, the researchers used a national database that included responses from 49,327 adults in 14 states, or 44 percent of the Medica...UK Teenage Cancer Trust demands government action to aid young cancer patients
... effects on careers, the ability to get mortgages, insurance etc...Racial, economic gaps in kids' eye care seen in four new studies
...care finds that race, income, location, gender and insurance status can make a big difference in the likelihood...s between children in different racial, income and insurance groups in whether they receive eye care." For instance, in the new Pediatrics study, non-Hispanic wh...... study, despite having prescription and commercial insurance coverage, less than 50 percent of this large popul... administrative and prescription data. In terms of insurance type, 73 percent were covered by commercial insurance plans, while the remaining 27 percent were cov...